Shipping news – Page 34
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NewsBoa Barge 38 ready for service
Boa has taken delivery of its newbuild semi-submersible Boa Barge 38. It is available in the Singapore area for operations or cargo heading to Africa or the Americas.
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NewsOatway departs Drewry
Susan Oatway has stepped down as Drewry’s principal breakbulk and multipurpose analyst.
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NewsLes Alizés departs China
Jan De Nul’s heavy lift vessel Les Alizés has departed the CMHI Haimen Shipyard in China and is on route to Europe, where it will handle the transport and installation of 107 monopile foundations and one substation topside for Ørsted’s Gode Wind 3 and Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farms.
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NewsLongship orders low emission ships
Groningen, the Netherlands-based shipping company Longship has placed an order for four ultra-low emission ships.
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NewsHerbert arrives in Emden
Chipolbrok’s newbuild multipurpose vessel Herbert has called at the port of Emden, Germany, to discharge wind turbine blades.
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NewsOrcelle Wind secures funding
Wallenius Wilhelmsen and its project partners have secured EU research funding to the tune of EUR9 million (USD9.7 million) to support the construction of the wind-powered ro-ro vessel Orcelle Wind.
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NewsDSV handles RDMP cargoes
Last year, DSV delivered a 950-tonne oil distilling component from Kuantan, Malaysia, to Balikpapan in Indonesia on behalf of Hyundai Engineering as part of a refinery expansion project.
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NewsWalter Tosto equipment heads to Egypt
A 407-tonne distillation hydro-treating unit (DHTU) manufactured by Walter Tosto has been shipped from the port of Ortona, Italy, to Assiut, Egypt, on behalf of ENPPI.
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NewsGrimaldi orders five PCTCs
Italy-based Grimaldi Group has ordered five ammonia-ready pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) vessels.
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NewsBoskalis lands 100th offshore wind farm contract
The Netherlands-headquartered Boskalis has been awarded a contract to support the construction of an offshore wind farm off the US coast.
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NewsHebo acquires Boskalis barges
Dutch maritime company Hebo Maritiemservice has acquired 15 flat top barges from Boskalis.
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NewsAllseas Global Project Logistics insolvent
UK-headquartered Allseas Global Project Logistics was declared insolvent at the end of 2022. Industry analyst Alphaliner reports that the division owes GBP34 million (USD41.3 million) to creditors, as well as GBP12 million (USD14.6 million) to other parts of the Allseas Group.
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NewsMaersk shakes up executive leadership team
A.P. Möeller – Mærsk is rolling out a new organisational structure and executive leadership team following the appointment of Vincent Clerc as its ceo.
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NewsTschudi relocates chartering department
Tschudi Logistics has moved its in-house chartering department from Aarhus in Denmark to Oslo in Norway, next to the headquarters of the Tschudi Group.
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NewsPiracy hits record low but sustained efforts required
As maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reach their lowest recorded level in almost three decades, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is calling for efforts to reduce piracy to be sustained.
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NewsMultipurpose shipping in position to weather 2023 storms
While multipurpose vessel rates are expected to soften through 2023, the rate of decline is expected to be less than in competing sectors such as containerships and handysize dry bulk carriers, according to the latest forecasts from Drewry.
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NewsAAL ships reclaimer components
AAL Shipping has transported 20,000 freight tons of iron ore reclaimer components on its monthly Asia to Australia West Coast liner service (AUWC).
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NewsHebo acquires Taklift 4
Dutch maritime company Hebo Maritiemservice has purchased the floating sheerlag Taklift 4 from Boskalis and has renamed it Hebo-lift 10.
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NewsFreighter sinks off Abaco coast
The general cargo ship Onego Traveller sank off the coast of Abaco, the Bahamas, on December 29. All 12 crew members were safely evacuated.
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NewsBertling ships intervention tower to Singapore
Bertling Logistics has coordinated the shipment of a 909-tonne intervention tower from Port Clarence in Middlesbrough, UK, to Singapore. The tower will be installed on FTAI Ocean’s DP3 well intervention vessel, Pride.